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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn’t Say Plus, Brooklyn’s joyful and whimsical new subway mosaic. Hyperallergic June 1, 2026— 4 min read $181.2 million for a Jackson Pollock? Astronomical numbers dominated the headlines during this spring’s marquee auctions. But beneath the record-breaking sales is a more complicated story: The art…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter How Douglas Latchford got away with it; plus, Frank Stella’s Navajo weavings. Hyperallergic May 29, 2026— 3 min read British dealer Douglas Latchford trafficked looted Cambodian antiquities on a massive scale before his death in 2020, selling objects to institutions like the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter “In Minor Keys” Is the Biennale’s Crown Jewel Also, Aruna D’Souza interviews Australian Pavilion artist Khaled Sabsabi. Hyperallergic May 28, 2026— 3 min read Unveiled against the din of protest chants and on the brink of a historic cultural labor strike, In Minor Keys at the Venice Biennale is “a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter Haegue Yang’s Meditations on Exile Also, the controversy around an AI-altered version of an Ansel Adams photo. Hyperallergic May 27, 2026— 3 min read Half-open, half-closed; glimpses, but not passageways. Haegue Yang’s Venetian blinds, Alex Paik writes in a review of her show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter Betye Saar’s Birthday Present The assemblage artist donates her doll collection to the New York Historical, and we walk you through strong performance art at the Venice Biennale. Hyperallergic May 26, 2026— 4 min read A nude performer dangling upside-down from a giant bell, clanging it on the hour. Another…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter Brent Sikkema’s Husband Convicted Also: Columbia University’s MFA show, a new Anni Albers biography, and Karla Knight’s cosmic codes. Hyperallergic May 25, 2026— 3 min read In January 2024, news about Brent Sikkema’s brutal murder in Brazil shocked and horrified the art community. Last week, a federal jury found his…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show Elizabeth Ferrer writes candidly about making “a decision I could live with,” Roberto Lugo’s ode to Puerto Rico, and a new Avedon documentary in Cannes. Hyperallergic May 22, 2026— 3 min read In three and a half decades as a curator, Elizabeth…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter Billie Holiday Comes to Queens Thomas J Price and Tavares Strachan are frontrunners for a new commission to honor the jazz legend. Hyperallergic May 21, 2026— 3 min read You’ve heard of Chicken Little, but what about Chicken Linda? At her Upstate New York home, feminist performance artist Linda Mary…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter A $1B Evening With Nicole Kidman Plus, a show in Chicago explores the lives of Black American artists in Paris. Hyperallergic May 20, 2026— 4 min read Paintings on book covers are arguably more popular than ever, but not for the reasons you might think. Tara Anne Dalbow delves into…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=””] Daily Newsletter Gabrielle Goliath’s “Elegy” Comes to Venice A review of the show that was censored by the South African government, Seattle Art Museum workers push for a union, and 12 art books to read this summer. Hyperallergic May 19, 2026— 4 min read Back in January, we had to wrap our…